A small ball is hung by a string from the ceiling of a train car, so that the ball hangs vertically. Moving from rest, the train car accelerates forward, and continues to accelerate. A team of scientists observes the behavior of the ball from various locations. From which scientist's frame of reference does the motion of the ball appear to violate Newton’s Law of Inertia?

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Explanation:

force is based upon mass and acceleration.the statement is not always true.

it can be explained from newton's second law of motion.

as per newton's second law of motion the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force and takes place along the direction of force.

mathematically it can be written as -

                                              ⇒      

here   k is the proportionality constant whose value is 1.

                                                            [a is the acceleration=dv/dt]

hence we see that force not only depends on mass and acceleration but also on velocity and rate of change of mass. force f will depend on mass and acceleration only when mass is constant.

hence the statement that force is based upon mass and acceleration is false.

0.93xc=0.93x3x10^8m/s

2.54cm is 1 inch

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